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The student news site of Colonia High School

The Declaration
The student news site of Colonia High School

The Declaration
After working out, it takes 5 hours to get your body temperature back to normal

After working out, it takes 5 hours to get your body temperature back to normal

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
April 13, 2017
All pandas in the world are on loan from China

All pandas in the world are on loan from China

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
April 12, 2017
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents

Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
April 11, 2017
Only 2% of Earth's population naturally has green eyes

Only 2% of Earth’s population naturally has green eyes

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
April 10, 2017
Nails grow faster in warm weather than they do in cold weather.

Nails grow faster in warm weather than they do in cold weather.

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 28, 2017
Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world with an estimated 4.5 trillion littered annually. Each butt can take 5 to 400 years to completely break down

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world with an estimated 4.5 trillion littered annually. Each butt can take 5 to 400 years to completely break down

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 27, 2017
Mosquitoes survive being hit by a raindrop, even though it is 50 times their weight and would be like a bus hitting a human. This is the highest ever recorded acceleration that animals have survived.

Mosquitoes survive being hit by a raindrop, even though it is 50 times their weight and would be like a bus hitting a human. This is the highest ever recorded acceleration that animals have survived.

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 23, 2017
Studies show that flashcards are a better study method

Studies show that spending hours rereading notes to prepare for a test is ineffective, but flash cards, however, are excellent at helping students study.

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 22, 2017
Bees are responsible for 70% of fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds we eat on a daily basis

Bees are responsible for 70% of the fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds we eat on a daily basis. If bees became extinct, beef, dairy, corn, rice, coffee, cotton, entire food chains, animal species, and a large chunk of the economy would probably go down with them.

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 21, 2017
People spend about six months of their lives just waiting for red lights to turn green

The average person spends about six months of their lifetime waiting for a red light to turn green

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 20, 2017
Kit Kats are made from Kit Kat rejects

Kit Kats are actually made from Kit Kats. Any rejects are mashed into a paste which is used to fill the wafers.

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 17, 2017
A bee would need to visit nearly 2 million flowers in order to produce 1 pound of honey

To produce a single pound of honey, a bee would need to visit about two million flowers

By: Brianna Kelly, Spring Reporter and Editor
March 16, 2017
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